Peter Lammers joined the faculty at Arizona State University in January of 2015 as research professor and chief scientist at the Arizona Center for Algal Technology and Innovation (AzCATI). Previous positions include technical director of the Energy Research Laboratory at New Mexico State University (2010-2014), vice president for Biotechnology at Solix Biosystems (2009-2010) and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at New Mexico State University (1985-2009). He received his doctorate in environmental science-chemistry from Portland State University in 1982 followed by postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Professor Robert Haselkorn at the University of Chicago. His current research is focused on the use of extremophilic algae for wastewater treatment and resource recovery.
Education
Ph.D. Environmental Science (Chemistry), Portland State University
M. Seger, F. Mammadova, M. Villegas-Valencia, B. Bastos de Freitas, C. Chang, I. Isachsen, H. Hemstreet, F. Abualsaud, M. Boring, P.J. Lammers, K.J. Lauersen. (2023) Engineered ketocarotenoid biosynthesis in the polyextremophilic red microalga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D. Metabolic Engineering Communications 17, e00226.
Dandamudi, K.P., Mathew, M., Selvaratnam, T., Muppaneni, T., Seger, M., Lammers, P.J., S. Deng, “Recycle of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Hydrothermal Liquefaction Biochar from Galdieria sulphuraria to Cultivate Microalgae” (2021). Resour. Conserv. Recycl., 171, 105644.
Somers, M.D., Chen, P., Clippinger, J., Cruce, J.R., Davis, R., Lammers, P.J., Quinn, J.C. (2021). Techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of fuel production from mixotrophic Galdieria sulphuraria microalgae on hydrolysate. Algal Research, 59, 102419.
Dandamudi, K. P.; Murdock, T.; Lammers, P. J.; Deng, S.; Fini, E. H. (2021). Production of functionalized carbon from synergistic hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae and swine manure. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 170, 105564.
Compton, S., Quiroz, D., Greene, J. Lammers, P.J., and J. Quinn (2021). Bulk growth model of algal productivity in various outdoor cultivation platforms. Algal Research 54, 102224.
Pahlavan, F., Rajib, A., Deng, S., Lammers, P.J. and E.H. Fini (2020) Investigation of balanced feedstocks of lipids and proteins to synthesize highly effective rejuvenators for oxidized asphalt. Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 8: 7656-7667.
Abeysiriwardana-Arachchige, I. S. A.; Chapman, G. W.; Rosalez, R.; Soliz, N.; Cui, Z.; Munasinghe-Arachchige, S. P.; Delanka-Pedige, H. M. K.; Brewer, C. E.; Lammers, P. J.; Nirmalakhandan, N. (2020). Mixotrophic algal system for centrate treatment and resource recovery. Algal Research 52: 102087
